Roundtable on Bedard, 2

KGaffney:  While I agree that the doctors know better than the uneducated masses, medicine is still a black art as much as a science populated by people predisposed to overvalue their worth.  Who among us hasn't had to endure the self-important arrogance of an MD?  

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GLMuskie:  So, I'm guessing your an MD then?  : )

Calling modern medicine a 'black art' seems a wee bit of a stretch, considering the ridiculous amount of real science being done, extended life spans, diseases eradicated, etc. etc.  And personally, no, I've never had to endure the self-important arrogance of an MD.  I've heard they can get full of themselves.  But you know, there are jerks in every walk of life.  : )

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DrD:  Definitely can relate to what chem-lab Dr. Gaffney is getting at here.

Challenge a 'scientist' on his own biases and agendas and the Mr. Hyde sneer-you-down persona is going to erupt quickly.  In the research world, Dr. K is sure to have gotten a bellyful of this.

And Dr. K would have no difficulty burying Dr. D in a blown prognosis or twenty.

Still and all, am also sure we'd agree there's very little point in us CPA's, plumbers and developers trying to improve on Dr. Yocum's prognosis by surfing the internet.

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GLMuskie:  Good point on Kelley's headline trumping the article; I had a similar thought though the body of his 'apology' made me roll my eyes.

More impressive to me was Kelley last night on Elise Woodward's show.  Yes I've been listening to too much sports talk lately.  : )  Woodward was not backing off from her dislike of Bedard, and Kelley was doing an admirable job of defending the man.  It was really great to hear.  I mean, she was being relentless, saying that even if he was hurt, it's his fault for not saying anything.  And Kelley would point out, but the doctors looked and couldn't find anything at the time.  What was he supposed to say then???

Kelley, on-air, was very sincerely regretful.  And his Bill Walton analogy is a really good one.

My esteem for the man has definitely been raised many notches.

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DrD:  Right - there are two ways to look at a checkerboard:  black squares painted onto a white background, or white squares painted onto a black one.  There were two ways to intepret Kelley's article:

(1) Forced by outside pressure to say something, Kelley grudgingly did what he had to do... but made sure to argue Bedard down into his place again.

(2) Sincerely regretful and wanting a re-boot, Kelley apologized and asked for the re-set ... but had to defend the rearguard action against enemies who would use his own words against him in a court of law.

(2) was SSI's interpretation, and for Kelley to go on Woodward's show and fight for Bedard's honor confirms Kelley's essentially good intentions (albeit poor execution).

It seems that Kelley has been a bit of an athlete himself, and at some point I think Kelley began to identify with Bedard athlete-to-athlete.

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Anyway, I don't hesitate to make the following comparisons:

  • FELIX - This generation's Roger Clemens
  • BEDARD - This generation's Steve Carlton, minus half the IP
  • LEE - Hm, I wonder.

Lee actually reminds me of Greg Swindell, though many of us won't remember Swindell much... Denny Neagle was similar for a little while.  Has Lee reached the point to where he's comparable to the 2008-09 Johann Santana, the 7K version of him?

In a best-case scenario, the M's could go into the 2010 postseason featuring a Clemens-Santana-Carlton comp set.  And they could charge me a few bucks for the playoff seats, if I weren't already on the "show him the dumpster" clipboard.

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